diff --git a/edit/editdraw.c b/edit/editdraw.c
index 037dda521..d8289ae15 100644
--- a/edit/editdraw.c
+++ b/edit/editdraw.c
@@ -300,8 +300,7 @@ print_to_widget (WEdit *edit, long row, int start_col, int start_col_real,
 		lowlevel_set_color (color);
 	    }
 	}
-#ifndef HAVE_SLANG
-        int res = g_unichar_to_utf8 (textchar, str);
+	int res = g_unichar_to_utf8 (textchar, str);
         if ( res == 0 ) {
             str[0] = '.';
             str[1] = '\0';
@@ -309,9 +308,6 @@ print_to_widget (WEdit *edit, long row, int start_col, int start_col_real,
             str[res] = '\0';
         }
 	addstr (str);
-#else
-	addch (textchar);
-#endif
 	p++;
     }
 }